A side event from the 46th plenary of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU). The Global Network Against Food [...]

An event co-hosted by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, Ministry of Agriculture of Indonesia,  Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands Agricultural development can be slow and uneven, often not [...]

Eighty percent of the population of Kenya relies on agriculture for its livelihood. Agriculture is the backbone of the Kenyan economy, accounting directly for 26 percent of GDP and 60 percent of total export earnings. However, Kenyan farmers face major [...]

FAO assesses that globally 41 countries, of which 31 in Africa, continue to be in need of external assistance for food. Conflicts are the main cause of the high levels of severe food insecurity, while adverse weather conditions have also affected [...]

Between 60 and 80 per cent of people living in fragile and conflict-affected contexts rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and their food security, it is therefore vital to design and implement longer-term approaches in order to build the resilience [...]